Aga Khan University Jobs 2026 – Specialist, Data Management Unit
The Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health at Aga Khan University is hiring a Specialist for its Data Management Unit Jobs in Karachi.
This one sits between research teams and developers. You’d be documenting what data a study needs, briefing programmers building the collection tools, testing what they hand back, and then keeping an eye on the quality of everything that comes in from the field. Aga Khan University Jobs in research support usually reward people who can do both halves of that, and a Data Management Specialist Karachi role like this asks for four to five years of it.
Frequent travel to field sites outside Karachi is part of the deal, so factor that in. Aga Khan University Jobs 2026 openings at the Centre are posted through the university’s Taleo careers system, and the link is below.
| Field | Details |
| Position | Specialist, Data Management Unit |
| Company | Aga Khan University, Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health |
| Location | Karachi |
| Job Type | On-site, Full Time (with frequent field travel) |
| Experience Required | 4 to 5 years |
| Expected Salary | Market Competitive |
| Apply Method | https://aku.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=260002TH&lang=en |
Aga Khan University Jobs Requirements
- Master’s degree, preferably in Statistics or Computer Science.
- Certification in database management.
- At least four years of related work, ideally with a research institute or a data management organisation.
- Working knowledge of statistical software such as STATA, SPSS and R.
- Solid grasp of SQL.
- Familiarity with REDCap, ODK or CSPro is an added advantage.
- Strong analytical, qualitative and written skills, along with good interpersonal and communication ability.
- Willingness to travel to field sites outside Karachi on a regular basis.
- Comfortable working as part of a team.
Reference checks on previous employment are part of the hiring process.
Job Description
- Take part in developing, designing and testing native Android applications, working alongside the development and design teams on new features and a better user experience.
- Plan, document and verify what data each project needs to collect.
- Brief and coordinate with programmers building the data collection and digitisation applications.
- Run user acceptance testing on those applications and confirm the output matches what the project asked for.
- Stay in regular contact with research teams and managers so field collection runs without stalling.
- Troubleshoot anything that threatens data collection or data quality.
- Spot and document data quality issues through regular review and descriptive statistics.
- Protect the integrity of research project data and supervise quality assurance work.
- Support the wider data management staff, and review study database structures and project conventions when needed.
- Help train field data collection teams.
How to Apply
Apply through the AKU careers portal here: https://aku.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=260002TH&lang=en, or scan the QR code on the official post.
